Brazil: Investigation sought for 54 pols in kickback scandal
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- Brazil's attorney general on Tuesday asked the nation's Supreme Court for permission to investigate 54 top political figures for alleged involvement in what prosecutors say is the country's largest corruption scandal yet uncovered....
3/4/2015 12:12 AM

Canadians 'Spocking" the image of ex-PM on $5 bill
OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) -- The death of actor Leonard Nimoy last week has inspired people to post photos on social media of marked-up five-dollar Canadian banknotes that show former prime minister Wilfrid Laurier transformed to resemble Spock, Nimoy's famous "Star Trek" character....
3/3/2015 11:37 PM

Indonesia nearly ready to execute 9 foreign drug smugglers
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) -- Indonesia on Wednesday transferred two Australians early Wednesday in preparation for the execution by firing squad of nine foreigners and an Indonesian condemned for drug smuggling, as diplomatic squabbles persist over the executions....
3/3/2015 11:13 PM

Mexico raided migrant train 153 times in last year
MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican authorities staged 153 raids over the last year on a train known as "La Bestia" that once rolled toward the U.S. border crowded with Central American migrants....
3/3/2015 11:10 PM

AP ANALYSIS: US on sidelines of key Iraqi battle against IS
BAGHDAD (AP) -- Iranian-backed Shiite militias and Sunni tribes have joined Iraq's military in a major operation to retake Saddam Hussein's hometown from the Islamic State group, while the U.S.-led coalition has remained on the sidelines....
3/3/2015 10:40 PM

New Greek government to spend $234M on poverty relief
ATHENS, Greece (AP) -- Greece's new left-wing government is promising to spend 200 million euros ($234 million) this year on assistance programs for people pushed into "extreme poverty" by the financial crisis....
3/3/2015 9:26 PM

Portuguese jets will head to Romania for NATO mission in May
BUCHAREST, Romania (AP) -- Four Portuguese F-16 fighter jets and 150 Portuguese troops and civilians will be sent to Ukraine neighbor Romania in May and June to participate in NATO aerial policing missions, Romania's top defense body said Tuesday....
3/3/2015 8:38 PM

War crimes prosecutors indict 5 in Bosnia 1993 train killing
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) -- Serbia's war crimes prosecutors have charged five people with abducting 20 people from a train in eastern Bosnia in 1993 and brutally killing them - a wartime massacre that traumatized the Balkans....
3/3/2015 8:07 PM